Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 134th Street

Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 134th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Democracy Prep Charter High School is 560 feet away, and St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about three minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
670 feet · 3 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 135 St · M10
Within a walk
30 places
8 religious buildings, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Frederick Douglass Boulevard & West 134th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 670 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 St B, C
    670 feet
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 135 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. 125 St A, B, C, D
    0.4 miles
    A B C D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 135 St, 140 feet away, for the M10.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frederick Douglass Blvd/W 135 St M10
    140 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Nicholas Ave & W 134 St 27 docks in all
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 123 Morningside Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 160 Convent Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10030
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2023 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard

  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of West 134th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 90 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1891.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 gardens
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chloe Day School & Wellness Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. Democracy Prep Charter High School
    560 feet
  3. P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune School
    560 feet
Show all 10
  1. St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School
    560 feet
  2. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem School
    740 feet
  3. Mott Hall High School
    740 feet
  4. Democracy Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    850 feet
  5. Teachers College Community School Pre-K
    990 feet
  6. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  7. Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Nicholas Park
    480 feet
  2. St Nicholas Park Playground
    730 feet
  3. Harlem Valley Garden
    1,050 feet
Show all 7
  1. James Baldwin Lawn in St. Nicholas Park Park feature
    1,070 feet
  2. Dorrance Brooks Square
    1,090 feet
  3. Dog Run in St. Nicholas Park Dog run
    1,180 feet
  4. Harlem Grows 134th Street Green House Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #219 (IND) Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Florence Mills House Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. New York Amsterdam News Building Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Philips Church Landmark · listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. St Pauls Baptist Church House of worship
    710 feet
  3. New Hope SDA Church House of worship
    950 feet
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  1. Beulah Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. St Aloysius RC Church Landmark
    1,140 feet
  3. Bethlehem Moriah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Harlem YMCA Recreation center
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. 32nd Precinct Police station
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Frederick Douglass Boulevard or West 134th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.